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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko",
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    "content": "Kuria. He directed me to Isebania and Kehancha. The first electricity poles were taken to that place because of his intervention. He was good businessperson and he was selfless and committed to serving his people. Last year, he invited me to attend the wedding of one of his sons and we began consultations on how to have a better Migori than the one we have today. He is a person that my family, the people of Migori and I will miss. We will miss his humour, ability to articulate and speak to topics as expected of an elder without mincing his words. “ Baba ” will miss him too because he was his close friend. Now that he is no longer with us, his place will be hard to fill. It will be difficult to get a person of his calibre. I must confess that among the Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Abakuria Community, he was a major unifier. We have four clans, that is, the Bakira, Bairege, Banyabasi and the Bagumbe. When he served as their MP and Senator, they all came to him for counsel. On the side of the Luo Community, he was a respected friend to many of us. We will greatly miss him. I know there are many more of our colleagues who would like to condole with us. We need prayers as the people of Migori. We have had three Senators and two of them are no longer with us. I am the third one. I hope that your prayers will save me from joining the two who have left us at a very untimely moment. We need your prayers and comfort. When we will be laying our colleague to take his journey to Heaven, I hope most of you will have time to attend. Madam Temporary Speaker, I also served with the late MP, hon. Serut, who just passed on. We were good friends. It appears that those who served with me and others are passing on. We need to pray as a nation, so that the cruel hand of death does not continue to visit leaders. As a nation, we need leaders this year more than before. It is an election year and we need leaders to help us inculcate peace among ourselves and the electorate. Thank you for the opportunity to condole with the people of Migori following the loss of our dear brother, (Dr.) Machage, and with the people of Mt. Elgon for the loss of their MP."
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